Bag for DeWalt 735 Planer Dust?

[Steve H Graham]

I decided to put my DeWalt 735 planer on a mobile base and add a dust bag. Maybe if I set it up properly, I will actually USE it.

I found a forum thread by a guy who said he fixed his planer up with a Toro leaf collector bag. He put up photos of the results, and even though he was only using 2 1/2" hose, it worked great. I am following his example, but the product he bought isn't readily available.

http://festoolownersgroup.com/other-...aner-chip-bag/

I got a shop-vac hose rigged up to the planer's output, but now I need a bag.

I have checked around, and some people say you don't need a super-fine filter on the planer, because it doesn't make much fine dust. Is that true? If so, I can put just about any type of bag on it. One guy on the Internet is using a pillow case.

If fine dust is an issue, can anyone recommend a good cheap bag? I prefer a 2 1/2" opening, but 4" would also work. I found a Powertec 3-micron bag, but it looks small.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/291323772330

Bosch makes a bag for a portable table saw. I doubt the filtration is great, but it looks like a good fit.

[Myk Rian]

Fines are not an issue. Just large shavings. Use a gunny sack.

[Larry Frank]

I want to see a video of this. Unless everything is really secured well, the blower on it will blow the bag into the next county. Before I had a dust collector I just ran a 4" metal dryer duct into trash can. It is mainly chips and not much fine dust.

[Art Mann]

I'm not sure I agree with the statement that a planer doesn't produce much fine dust. I wish I had a particulate measurement tool to verify it.

[John McClanahan]

I have a DW 735. I use a short piece of 2 1/2" hose and a dust bag made for a Bosch job site table saw. The hose lets the bag hang off to the side of the planer. The only problem is the bag fills up fast.


John

[Michelle Rich]

I used a grain bag ( yes, from the feed mill) ..and used a hose clamp on the outlet.

[Sam Puhalovich]

I too have a DW-735 ... no doubt in my mind that there's 'fines' being scrubbed-off by the knives.
If I were going to bag the shavings ... I'd use the 5 micron bag from Rockler: item #20431 @ $33.

[Charles Lent]

I always use my DW735 planer outside and use the DeWalt hose accessory for it. The end of the hose has a fabric can cover with a draw string to keep it on the can. I don't worry about fines because they blow away. The 38 gallon can fills way too quickly though. Every once in a while the cover comes off of the can and chips blow out of it everywhere, but this is the main reason why I don't do it in the shop.

I never plane short or very thin boards, so I haven't had any kick-back, but I never stand or allow anyone else to stand in line with the infeed or outfeed ends of the planer either. I was taught this in high school almost 60 years ago and have followed it since.

Charley

[Steve H Graham]

I love the Internet. Ask a question and start a controversy.

I don't think the bag will fly off. Other people have not had that problem, and I am planning to use a hose clamp to attach it. The bag end of the house has a larger diameter than the body of the hose, so the clamp should not have to work hard. The planer end has a 2" rubber pipe sleeve with 2 built-in hose clamps.

DeWalt quit selling the garbage can accessory. I guess I should have started shopping a few years sooner.

The Bosch and Rocker bags may be good solutions. Thanks for the replies.

[Steve H Graham]

I am a little concerned because it looks like the opening on the Rockler bag is 8", and I have to make it work with a 2 1/2" hose end.

[Mike Ontko]

This might be a little more elaborate than what you're looking for, but instead of a collection bag, what about running a rigid or flexible pipe from the chip exhaust into a dedicated trash can or bucket fixed with a fine mesh screen or ventilation filter on the lid? Chips go in and the air inside is pushed out through the screen/filter.

[Jerry Thompson]

I have tried most of the afore mentioned attempt's at catching chips from my 735. I found the best method was to use it out side and let the chips fall where they may.

[Steve H Graham]

This brings me back to the fine dust question, but some here say there is fine dust, and others say there isn't! A bucket with a screen would be simple and cheap if I could get away with it.

This might be a little more elaborate than what you're looking for, but instead of a collection bag, what about running a rigid or flexible pipe from the chip exhaust into a dedicated trash can or bucket fixed with a fine mesh screen or ventilation filter on the lid? Chips go in and the air inside is pushed out through the screen/filter.

[Jim Finn]

.... The end of the hose has a fabric can cover with a draw string to keep it on the can. I don't worry about fines because they blow away. The 38 gallon can fills way too quickly though....
Charley

I once had one of these and it worked well. I gave it to a friend and he likes it. (I now have a dust collection system) The fine dust does escape the fabric bag system but all the large chips are collected.

[Larry Frank]

I think my comment about fines may have been taken a little wrong. I said it is mainly chips and not much fine dust. I did not imply there were no fines. Compared to a sander, the proportion of fines is much less.

The fines I am most concerned about are those in the 1 micron range. Now with a dust collection system, I do not really see the chips and dust.